Joshua 8:11-13

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹ And all the fighting men who were with him went up, and drew near before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai. ¹² And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. ¹³ So they stationed the forces, the main encampment which was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city. But Joshua spent that night in the valley.